hi! i am doing this in single user mode obviously...
> - make sure your / is NOT 100%.... uhm...what do you mean? it's not 100% full if that is what you meant =) > - make sure "touch /foo.test.txt" works ( it should be writable ) works perfectly fine > - make sure you do NOT have /etc/nologin /etc/nologin does not exist... > - make sure df shows all your partitions df shows all my partitions. any ideas what else i could try? thanks! vester > > - or ... you might have a corrupted libcrypt and/or libpams > since single user login works... its unlikely to be libs > > c ya > alvin > > On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, vester wrote: > > > > > hello... > > > > i am still unable to log into my system, however, i am a little wiser than > > before. > > > > here is what i know: > > > > -i am unable to log into my system. the system boots as usual, at the > > login prompt i login (either normal user or root), give my password and > > get a "login incorrect" > > > > -i am able to log into single user mode (with my root password, so the > > password must be working still) but i have no idea what i could do there > > to get back into the system. > > > > -i am able to boot from a rescue disk, but again, i am unable to > > login. > > > > -i assume the whole problem was caused by manually running fsck...it > > started automatically on boot-up (the UT installation had caused some > > errors i think) and then prompted me to run fsck manually, which i > > did, answering yes to all the questions...after it was finished everything > > seemed to work, except i couldn't log into the system... > > > > -i think the problem has something to do with the root system being > > miounted as read-only, but i am not sure of thet and i don't know how to > > fix it, i tried to mount -o remount rw / from the single user mode and i > > tried to start with giving lilo the additional rw parameter...neither of > > those things changed anything though. > > > > does anyone know how to get back into my system? > > > > thanks a lot! > > > > vester > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
